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Privatized Booze Costs More
"The Union for Liqour Board workers in Quebec has issued a study of privatized versus crown owned liquour stores. Not surprisingly it shows that in Alberta we pay more, have less selection, have lower wages for...Phony jobs websites closed
"Toronto — Canada's Competition Bureau says it has shut down two Edmonton-based websites that duped job seekers around the world with promises of lucrative salaries, but oilcareer.com is already back online and open for business. A Google search for...A fourth national wireless carrier?
"Word in the wireless business is there's a ghost loose in the industry. The market is abuzz with speculation the federal government may recommend creating a fourth national wireless carrier. It's seen as a way...Canada's CD Tax Out of Hand?
"CRIA Watcher writes "The Canadian Copyright Board has just announced that it is bringing back the tax on blank CDs, called the private copying levy, in 2007. Michael Geist demonstrates how the tax has created a huge distortion in the retail price of blank media on his...Feds cancel day-care funding plan
"The federal government has officially terminated a day-care funding agreement with the provinces that would have sent $1.9 billion to Ontario over five years. The deal will be replaced by a direct funding plan...I've seen the future — as T.O. goes broke
"The Day Toronto Goes Broke may be closer than you think — say, four years; five at most. That's what city officials fear — unless Queen's Park, the "banker of last resort," rescues Canada's...Martin Short, Spamalot to light up Mirvish stage
"Get ready, Toronto: Ed Grimley and the Knights Who Say "Ni" are coming to town. The Toronto Star has learned that Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me and Monty Python's Spamalot will both be part of the 2006-2007 Mirvish subscription season being announced at the Royal...Liberal Support Slips Following Election
"A month after being elected to government Stephen Harper and the Conservative Party appear to be well entrenched atop the federal polls while their chief national rival, the Liberal Party, has slipped somewhat since Election Day. "Now Curling Is Cool
""The U.S. skip bent his rock into the target area, where it came to rest inside of Britain's best hope and clinched the Americans' first-ever Olympic curling medal. Only then did the usually stone-faced...Judge reserves decision on RIM
"Judge James Spencer declined to issue an immediate injunction Friday against Research In Motion Ltd. in the BlackBerry maker's patent dispute with NTP Ltd. The judge said that the patent case should have already...Canada Out of Afghanistan
A new poll shows that Canadians who have not been consulted on our troops going to Afghanistan are opposed to further excursions by our military to do America's dirty work.Time to Nationalize CN
CN has reported a record number of accidents, Duh Oh, this past year.As I have reported here, it's because CN our once national railway was privatised. Its time to put CN back under workers and community control...Stay out of U.S. missile system, Canada urged
"TORONTO — A former top Pentagon official is warning Canada not to join Washington's missile defence program, calling it a colossal waste of money that would make the country more vulnerable to attack, not...Prehistoric Frank and Gordon
Frank and Gordon the Bell Canada beavers, who have been making a nuisance of themselves during the Olympics as TV Ads, have a prehistoric relative. The Jurassic Beaver.Torino 2006 - Curling
"Brad Gushue is a lock to win Canada's record 20th medal at the Torino Olympics, but he's also trying to make history in Pinerolo, Italy."
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